Interior design will evolve, innovate, adapt and improve in 2020, says Michelle Ogundehin. Her trend report includes provocative collaborations, Ukrainian design and a rejection of digital technology.

The dawn of a new decade invariably gives rise to a whole host of grandiose pronouncements about new trends and cultural shifts for the next ten years, and true to form, here's my top seven. But in truth, there's only one thing that we can be absolutely certain of: change will be the only constant.
Regrettably the chaos of international politics shows no signs of abating and the cacophony of shouting about climate change is intensifying as truanting school children bear placards daubed with slogans like: "You know it's time for change when children act like leaders, and leaders act like children." Stress related illnesses are predicted to be the primary cause of sickness in 2020, accounting for 44 per cent of all work-related absences. Meanwhile, the titans of big tech are held responsible and their dominions increasingly viewed with suspicion: 32 per cent of UK and US citizens have reputedly closed or deactivated a social media account in the last 12 months according to Global Web Index.
Nevertheless, I believe that the fundamental purpose of design is not necessarily to reflect the zeitgeist, but to respond to it with solutions to the spiralling expectations of the everyday. Last year, my report posited the pursuit of wellbeing as the key driver for the future...